--- description: President Barack Obama will visit Dallas, cutting short an overseas trip to comfort a nation still reeling from recent shootings. Watch live title: Watch Live: President Obama Visits Dallas to Comfort Grieving Nation image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8134dcb54042207c/69889b08428a9e33adcd357a/barack_obama_070716.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: President Obama Visits Dallas to Comfort Grieving Nation by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 12, 2016 4:35 PM CUT  President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the White House on July 6, 2016. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the White House on July 6, 2016.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 12, 2016 4:35 PM CUT President Barack Obama will [visit Dallas on Tuesday](http://time.com/4400619/obama-dallas-speech-shootings/ "undefined"), cutting short an overseas trip to comfort a city and nation still reeling from a series of shootings. Obama is due to deliver a speech at an interfaith memorial service in Dallas, where five [police officers were fatally shot](http://time.com/4399803/dallas-shootings-police-deaths/?xid=homepage "undefined") last week during a peaceful protest over the [shooting deaths of two black men](http://time.com/4396220/philando-castile-minnesota-shooting/ "undefined") by police officers elsewhere in the country earlier in the week. The deaths have set off a national debate over race relations and the use of force by police. Obama previously spoke from Warsaw on Saturday, where he attended the NATO Summit, saying, “America is not as divided as some have suggested.” However, expectations that Obama can bridge the growing racial divides are [low among Dallas residents](http://time.com/4401886/dallas-shooting-barack-obama-visit/ "undefined"). Obama will join former President George W. Bush at the memorial service for the slain officers, and meet with the victims’ families afterward. Obama’s remarks are scheduled to be delivered at 1:40 p.m. ET. Watch the speech above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402751/president-obama-visits-dallas-grieving/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402751/president-obama-visits-dallas-grieving/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama Visits Dallas to Comfort Grieving Nation","datePublished":"2016-07-12T16:35:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:11:53.577Z","description":"Obama will speak at an interfaith memorial service for the five police officers slain last week","url":"https://time.com/4402751/president-obama-visits-dallas-grieving/","keywords":["Barack Obama","Crime","White House","Dallas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8134dcb54042207c/69889b08428a9e33adcd357a/barack_obama_070716.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8134dcb54042207c/69889b08428a9e33adcd357a/barack_obama_070716.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Makes Statement On Afghanistan At White House","caption":"President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the White House on July 6, 2016.","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402751/president-obama-visits-dallas-grieving/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama Visits Dallas to Comfort Grieving Nation"}}]}] ```